(Bear, DE 19701) On Wednesday, April 2, 2025, around 2:00 p.m., officers from the Mobile Enforcement Team were patrolling the Wellington Woods community when they spotted a silver Infiniti G37 with a Pennsylvania temporary tag — the same vehicle that had previously fled from police on March 31 in the Old Baltimore Pike area.
As the car approached the neighborhood entrance, it passed a patrol unit. The officer recognized the driver as 25-year-old Michael Rogers. When the officer attempted a traffic stop with lights and sirens, Rogers drove recklessly toward Pulaski Highway. For public safety, the officer chose to disengage.
Moments later, Rogers crashed into a vehicle while speeding along the shoulder of Pulaski Highway. He continued for a short distance, striking a second vehicle before stopping near Pulaski Highway and Porter Road, where he fled from the car. MET officers quickly arrived and took him into custody without further incident.
The New Castle County Police Traffic Services Unit and the Evidence Detection Unit responded to the scene and assumed the crash investigation.
A search of the vehicle uncovered:
- A loaded 9mm “ghost gun” with no serial number
- 674.19 grams of marijuana packaged for sale
- 82 oxycodone pills
Michael was transported to a local area hospital and treated and released. The operator of the first vehicle Michael struck was transported to a local area hospital and treated and released.
Michael was then transported to the New Castle County Police Headquarters, where he was charged with the following:
- Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony
- Possession of Untraceable Firearm
- Possession of Covert/Undetectable Firearm
- Carrying a Concealed Deadly Weapon
- Possession of a Deadly Weapon by a Person Prohibited who also Possesses Controlled Substance
- Resisting Arrest
- Disregarding a Police Officer Signal
- Possession with Intent to Deliver Substance Tier 2 Quantity
- Possession with Intent to Deliver Controlled Substance
- Possession of Controlled Substance Tier 2 Quantity
- Possession of Controlled Substance Tier 1 Quantity
- Possession of a Non-Controlled Prescription Substance
- Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
- Vehicular Assault Third Degree Criminal Negligent Operation Cause Physical Injury
- Leaving the Scene of a Collision Resulting in Injury
- Numerous traffic violations
Michael was arraigned by the Justice of the Peace Court 11 and committed to Howard R Young Correctional Institution in lieu of $59,361.00 cash bail.
